Dump-car.



J. B. RHODES.

DUMP GAR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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DUMP GAE. APPLICATION FILED'MAY 15, 1908.

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To all whom it may concern:

my 13. RHODES, or KALAMAZOQ, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR To ,WEB'IE'Q.

wasn t an QSCRAPEB COMPANY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CDRPOBATION OFILLINOIS. 1

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[Be it known that I, JAY B; RHODES, a citizen of the United States,-residing at Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and Stateoflilichigan, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements inDump- Car's of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdra'wings.

My invention relates to dump-cars and particularly to cars provided withmovable side gates iiiiwhich provision is'made. for d-uniping the loadat one or both sides.

--Ithas for-its object to provide new and improved means for supporting.the carbo'dy so thatwhen it is dumped at one side or'the other thecar-body will be carried over toward the sideat which the load is to bedui'nped-and the appropriate side gate automatically opened therebyfacilitating the delivery of the load.

it have shown my im- In the draw ngs proveinents applied to a car of thetype shown'and described in patent of Thomas R. McKnight, No. 920,616,issued May 4, 1909;, in which the dumping of the car-body is eifected bycompressed an supplied from the engine, but may also be applied to carsof other types.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a side view of a car embodying myimprovements; Fig.- 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 is an enlar ed detail,beingasection on line 3-3 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 4 is a. section on line Hof Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings,-5 indicates the car body and 6-7 the trucksupon which it is carrie 8-9 indicate I-beams extending longi tudinally'upon the trucks and secured tothe center.

gether by cross-beams 10 and braces 11, thereby constituting a framewhich directly supports the car-body.

12-13 indicate segmental bearing-blocks which are supported inparallelism upon the I-beams 89 and, as shown in Figs. 3 aud t,v

are fixedly secured in'position in any suitable way, so that they extendtransversely of the car and have their highest point at cast inone-piece, as shown in Fig. 4, and

which they rock, as shown in 'Fi-gs.'3 an The upper and lowerbearing-bloomers held 4 together and their moveznent' 'restricted bytion.

straps 23-24 operated by straps 2526.-

' shown'six of such bearings.

14 -15 indicate similar se mental bearing-block's which are prefer-ab y.c rdyis'rocked. V

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 23, 11909. Applicationfiled m 15, 19 0s. Serial No. 433,038.

bearing-blocks 14-15 and'at their lower I ends are connected by pivots20-21 with the bearing-blocks 1213; thus the extent to which the upperbearing-blocks may rock upon the lower ones is limited and at the. sametime the parts are held in proper posi- As shown in Fig. 4, thestraps-16 17 are placed between the two members of each palr ofbearing-blocks. so'thatthey are in a measure inclosed and protected. Itwill be noted that the radius of the curve of the lower bearing-blocksis greater than that of the upper bearing-blocks, thus causing the carbody to move farther to one side or the other and at the same timeinsuring its be ing tilted. to a 'suflicient angle to discharge itsload. 5

22 indicatesthe side-gates of the car-body,

which 'are arranged to be automatically raised and held up to'perinitthe discharge of the load in the usual way bymeans of The straps 26 areconnected with the trucks so that they are not utter-ted by lateraluiovenient of the upper rocker hearing.

The tilting of the car-body is effected, in, the construction shown, bymean}; of cables, 2728 actuated by compressed air ipe 'ating incylinders 29, one at each" side of the can, in the manner shown anddescribed inethe McKnight application above referred to.

This forms no part of my present invention 9'0 andtherefore need not hefurther described herein;

Any desired number of transverse bearings for the car-body may beemployed, de I pending upon the conditions of service for which the cari's-designed. In Fig. I have That which I claim as my invention, and

desireto secure by Letters Patent, is,-

links for limiting the extent to which the Ione or the other of saidside gates whenthe I 2. In a dump-car, the combinat ionof a 1 In a dumpcar, the combination of a truck, a car-bodynmunted to swing laterany onrocker hearings on said truck, crossed lower bearing, an upper segmentalbearing coacting with said lower bearing, a car-body connected with saidupper bearing and having one or more side gates, crossed linksconnecting sai u er and lower hearings together and limiting the extentto which the car-body may be rocked, and means for antomaticallyactuating one or the other of said side gates when the car-body isrocked.

3. In a dump car, the combination of a support, a transversely-disposedlower segmental bearing, an upper segmental hearing coactin'g with saidlower bearing, a carbody connected with said upper bearing and havingone or more side gates, means connecting said upper and* lower bearingstogether and limiting the extent of their rocking movement, and meansfor automatically actuating one or the other of said side gates when thecar-body is rocked.

4. In a dump-car, the combination of a support, a transversely-disposedlower seg: mental bearing, and upper segmental hearing coacting withsaid lower bearing, a carbody connected with said upper bearing andhaving one or more side gates, means connecting said up r and lowerbearings together and limiting the extent of their rocking movement, theradius of the curve of one of said bearings being greater than that ofthe other, and means for automatically actuating one or the other ofsaid side gates when the car-body is rocked.

5. In a dump car, the combination of a support, a transversely-disposedlower segmental bearing,-an upper segment-a1 bearing eoacting withsaidlower bearing, a car-body connected with said upper hearing and haV-ing one or more side gates, means connecting said upper and lower bearintogether and limiting the extent of then rocking movement, the radius ofthe curve of sai lower bearing being greater than that of the upperbearing, and means for automatically actuating one or the other of saidside gates when the car-body. is rocked.

6. In a dump-car, the combination of a support, a transversely-disposedlower segmental bearing, an upper-segmental bearing support, a lowerbearing comprising a pair of separated transversely-arranged segmenerand lower bearings to-' 66 gates tal bearing-blocks, an upper bearingalso com risin a pair of se 'ental bearin bloc s .co ct-ing withsaifiower bearingblocks, a car-body connected with said upper bearing,crossed straps between said separated bearing-blocks and connected therewith, side-'gatesconnected with the car-body, and means forautomatically actuating one .body is rocked.

or the other of said side-gates when the car JAY B. RHODES. Witnesses:

BERT. O. Rnonns, L. G. GREENFIELD.

